Born : 11 Dec
1882 in Ettayapuram, Thoothukudi Dist, in Saiva Brahmin family

Parents:
Chinnasami Aiyar and Lakshmi Ammal (mother died in 1889)

Personal Name :
Chinnasami Subramania Aiyar. The title "Bharathi" (Tamil
Bharathi = Goddess Saraswathi ) conferred to him in 1893 in the Sabha
of court-poets in recognition of his poetic talent-later it became his
pet-name.